This book is special in that it adds empirical support for the authors' business hypothesis. However, their ideas themselves are not revolutionary. Rather they organized and framed a lot of the ideas that today's business leaders already know and practice.

I suppose that the book is in the tradition of academic research paper rather than overblown business hyperbole. As with any academic oriented publications, they make less than interesting reading, but valuable nevertheless.

Mendelson and Ziegler combine solid research with interesting real-world company information to provide an insightful discussion of what it will take for tomorrow's companies to be successful. In brief, companies need to take a hard look at how effective they are at monitoring their business environment for new threats and opportunities, sharing knowledge across different parts of their company, strategic and operational decision-making, and focusing on key core competencies. The company's performance along these dimensions, or lack thereof, will provide clear directions for change and improvement.

The performance of the company along the above dimensions determines its Organizational IQ, which Mendelson and Ziegler's research shows is a strong indicator of financial performance. I find this Organization IQ concept very useful and practical, especially since the book provides guidelines for diagnosing IQ deficiencies and setting directions for improvement. The wealth of real company examples and case studies make the concepts in the book concrete and actionable.

I highly recommend the book to all senior managers, and anybody else interested in understanding what it will take to meet and successfully overcome the challenges of the information age.

The importance of this book can be judged by any employee asking why can't we work in an organisation which is better developed on the author's 5 Organisational IQ factors:

1 EXTERNAL INFORMATION AWARENESS, ie each part of our organisation captures external information (customers, technology opportunities, competitors' actions) quickly and accurately

2 EFFECTIVE DECISION ARCHITECTURE, ie in our organisation decisions are made at the right level (by the people with the best information and perspective). As a result decisions : are made quickly, have high quality, instill ownership and accountability

3 INTERNAL KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION, ie each part of our organisation knows what it needs to know when it needs to know it. Effective information flows 4-dimensionally: Horizontal, cross functional Top-down, org-wide goals and priorities Bottom-up, operational challenges and opportunities Learning, review over time of all of above

4 ORGANISATIONAL FOCUS, ie organisation systematically fights overload and complexity by: Limiting scope of the business; focusing on core competences; simplifying processes

5 CREATING AN INFORMATION AGE BUSINESS NETWORK, ie Organisation maximises the value of eternal partnerships by applying the above 4 High IQ factors to the entire business network

Would love to share experiences with anyone working or reading up on how to improve organisations IQ factors

chris macrae, chief infomediary, brandknowledge.com e-mail wcbn007@easynet.co.uk

After reviewing several books about speed reading --some of them very expensive--, I found it. And I strongly recommend it. The book allows you to understand and to train separately three different dimensions of reading:

- Speed, understanding and recalling.

Contrasting with another "speed reading in 5 minutes" offers, this book does not sell you miracles: you need to practice and practice to speed up your reading skills.

as a minus, I personally found the chapter about Internet useless. Do we need to read a complete chapter to learn that "Much of Internet reading is prereading or scanning"?
I don't think so.

If I would recommend a book to start with speed reading, this will be the first one.

Among all the speed reading books, I think this book is one of the best. It's definitely works for me because it's simple and concise. All you need to do is follow the steps that the book said and practice as often as you can. I was a 212 word per minute reader with 60% comprehension skill, after I followed the 3-2-1 practice as stated in the book, I've litereally increasing my speed reading to 1200 wpm with 56% comprehension skill. My husband read this book a year earlier, and now his speed reading is 3000wpm with 80% comprehension skill. So I am stilling working on it. It's a great book though. You shouldn't miss this one if you want to improve your speed reading.

This is an insightful and practical book about reading books. Though several books on the market employ skimming or sighting topic sentences, Steve Moidel stays on target by teaching a method which includes reading every word of the text. From your first reading, you can measure vast improvements in both reading speed and comprehension. The learning process includes a study on how the eye operates, reading mechanics, and retaining comprehension. The price of this book is deceptively small, but it promotes a full, faster, and stronger comprehension of your entire library

This book led me to read the ingredients on my toothpaste. Everyday, twice a day, I was sabotaging my health by brushing my teeth. Although Toms of Main toothpaste is a really great toothpaste (my dentist noticed my cleaner teeth), it is made with Xylitol - which as explained in the ingredients list is derived from Birch. I read the label on my toothpaste after using the testing techniques and finding not only a weak muscle, but that my whole arm went weak (from just holding the tube of toothpaste). According to my allergist Birch is my worst allergy. I no longer feel like falling asleep during the day (at least in the mornings after I would brush my teeth) and at night I am sleeping better. I am working on the Candida and other allergy issues now. Some of the directions get a little confusing but even his basic exercises are very helpful.

This book is a must read for anyone interested in health, not just those with allergies or candida. It contains information you could spend years searching for plus insights from the author you will not find anywhere else.

I use the techniques in the book on a daily basis to increase my mental clarity and physical stamina.

If you are sick or just want to stay healthy and feel great, get this book.

In the course of my more than 13 years of battling with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, I have read literally hundreds of "health books". I have come to judge these books on whether or not they contain useful, practical information, and if applying the information results in a significant improvement to my health. After reading this book and following the principles it explains, I went from spending days to weeks at a time barely able to get out of bed, to working fulltime and resuming a normal lifestyle. This is one of the very few books I have ever read that effectively addresses the usual collection of otherwise "incurable" chronic illnesses, which have become so widespread. I would wholeheartedly recommend this book for anyone who is seriously interested in overcoming one of these chronic illnesses. Wishing you the best of health!

There are a lot of great things to say about this commentary. First of all, from reading it, it is easy to see that there are few things to do with the book of Revelation that Beale has not thought long and hard about. He is especially helpful at elucidating how much John utilizes Old Testament imagery in describing his revelatory visions. The commentary's introduction is 180 pages long and deals with the symbolism in the book of Revelation as well as the grammar and the theology and the political and cultural life setting.

But there are a number of points where the reader will definitely want to question some of Beale's conclusions. Not everyone will follow him in his interpretation of the word 'show' in Rev 1:1, or follow him in his idealistic amillennial understanding of Revelation. The reader may question Beale's reluctance to interpret literally at certain points in the commentary as well. But you can't possibly come away from a careful reading of this volume without learning something. For the educated clergyman, this is a great commentary to get, alongside the more accessible volumes of Craig Koester and Robert Mounce.

Greg Beale's contribution to the study of Revelation is no doubt one of the best ever. Easily on par with Aune (WBC), greater in detail than Mounce (NICNT), the standard Evangelical commentary.

Yet Beale is not without its flaws. One of the most serious is that Beale simply brushes of any preterist readings and more than this; often does not interact with the preterist (first century context) at all!

We still await some recent commentary that takes the first century context seriously, (D. Chilton not withstanding). Hopefully, Ken Gentry will soon fill this gap.

H.S Bultmann.

I was a Full - Preterist but now hold a view similar to Beale. I do think he has the right idea. I would add a few things, that is that Revelation is fulfilled in the firstfruits and now we must follow that same path. But Beale pretty is saying the same thing for the most part, which is Christ is the "Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending . . . which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.", Rev. 1 That He always will be "God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come", Rev. 4. And since Christ does not change after the cross neither shall His revelation, Rev. 1:1. So in that Beale likes to think Revelation was written in 90 AD is not a problem for me. Get his book, you will not be sorry you did!

Donald James Perry

I was expecting this book to be more like "The Hiding place" (A very very very good book). I had to stop with two or three chapters left because I couldn't take it any more.

This sequel to The Hiding Place is a book filled with short chapters which take place all over the world and at different times of Corrie's life. If you haven't yet read The Hiding Place, I recommend that you should read that book first.

Since this book is a collection of short anecdotes, it's not necessary to read it straight through.

I especially enjoyed the chapter entitled "God's Word, the Sword - God's Perfect Weapon". You will be inspired by "One Finger for His Glory" which describes an old woman, crippled with MS, who used one finger to type out translations of the books of Billy Graham, Corrie, and Watchman Nee into her own Russian language.

Please check out my review of "Anywhere He Leads Me", a book of devotionals by Corrie Ten Boom, compiled by Judith Couchman. I highly recommend this book and this book is what got me interested in reading "The Hiding Place".

God bless you!

This book is probably one of the most influencial Christian books that I have read besides the Bible- and I read a lot. I was struck by her simplicity in response to many questions in life. I was also challenged to live a life where I am walking in God's spirit. I would whole-heartedly recommend this book- but you should really read and re-read the text to let it sink in.

I recieved this book 10/14/02 and it was missing chapter 27 and parts of chapter 26 and 28. Watch out! If you don't need to know thermo maybe that's ok.

I looked at two other books for the morning exam but this one is BY FAR the best !!

I used this book to review for the FE and Passed the first time, 13 years after graduation. I followed the review plan given by Lindeburg to the letter and was successful. I recommend this book to anyone who actually wants to pass the exam and not just make an attempt.

I graduated in May of 1997 with a B.S. in chemical engineering. I passed the EIT on my first attempt with 89% in November of 1999. I spent about 10 months in preparation, during which I studied this book and worked roughly 90% of the practice and sample problems in it. This book was the only thing I purchased in preparation for the exam. Keep in mind this book only covers the general version of the afternoon exam, which is what I chose. If you plan to take a discipline specific exam in the afternoon, you'll need to look for additional review materials.

My advice to anyone taking this exam is: (1) start preparing as early as possible. (2) Use and become familiar with the NCEES FE reference during your review, since it's the only reference you'll be allowed during the actual exam. The NCEES reference is included in your exam fee and will be sent to you after you sign up for the exam. (3) Work lots of problems and learn to work quickly, since you won't have time to derive formulas or try different approaches on exam day. Rote memorization is not necessary, but quick recognition of a problem type is crucial.

THIS BOOK IS MOST EFFECTIVE FOR THOSE WHO WANTS TO PASS THE EXAM
BY TAKING GENERAL EXAM FOR BOTH SESSIONS. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WAY THE CONTENTS ARE ORGANIZED.

This was the only book I used to study for the EIT exam and I passed it on my first attempt. The reference material and sample problems provided are as close as they can be to the actual exam format and exam questions.

If you follow the authors suggetions on how to approach and study fot the test you will pass the test.

This is not the must-have book that some of the reviewers might have you believe. The book is out of print and it really isn't worth all the effort of tracking it down.

The one serious flaw of the book is that it doen't contain any drill exercises. The author just basically tells you to practice his methods and that with time you will become a faster reader. It would have been nice if he mentioned exactly how you are supposed to practice his methods. A better introduction to speed reading might be "Triple Your Reading Speed" by Wade E. Cutler -- a book that contains a lot of excellent eye exercises that will make it easier for the beginner to increase his reading speed.

This book covers all the basic information to help you start reading faster and it emphasizes that after reading that information speed reading can be accomplished just by pushing yourself. It also gives tips on helping comprehension, but I didn't really think they were very helpful. The book isn't very clear on how to fix the problems it's showed you you have, but just reading fixed my problem. I haven't looked at any of the other books on speed reading, but this book helps without the stupid claims of making you a genius or anything like that. If you do decide to get this book you should do exactly what the author says and don't skip any of the book because the boring parts are perfect for practicing your speed reading.

Zorn's book is a great book and it has really put me on the road to further improvement of my reading rate and comprehension. He makes no absurd promises, but he tells you from the start that if you practice the methods he presents, you will get results, and that it's all up to you to keep at it.

I started at a pitifully slow reading rate of 169 words per minute with 60% comprehension and progressed to 468 wpm with 100% comp. by the end of the book. I found that my results were much better when I worked through complete chapters at a time (and every day), rather than stopping in the middle of a chapter, since the information presented in each chapter serves as a reading warm-up for the tests presented later in the chapter.

Throughout the book, Zorn encourages the reader to keep practicing and to not give-up. I actually bought this book many years ago, and put it down, just certain that it would never help me. I was wrong, this book has definitely helped and I hope to further improve.

Dr. Zorn , wherever you are, thank you!!!

I have never trained a Dog in my life.I got a puppy and the book, Family Dog:16 weeks to well mannered Dog What a wonderful and human and simple way of training.My puppy Rambler is 5 years old now,he goes every where with me. I have had 100's of people comment on what well manered and trained dog he is and because of this he is my very- very best frend.Thank You Very Much Ricard.A.Wolter

Richard A. Wotlers has lots of great tips in all his book including this one. Recomend anyone that wants a good house pet buy or read this book and for hunters his other books are great also. I have all his books. I think there great books and his videos.

I have found this book to be a most excellent and time-proven method to training the best "family dogs" on the face of this earth. Beginning with picking a puppy, obtaining the puppy on the 49th day, and the day by day training methods, this book is a thorough description of how to raise the most well-mannered, well-adjusted, people oriented dogs I have ever encountered

This is a very nice guide to help the novice spotter ID today's aircraft. Small in dimensions (just a little bigger than pocket-sized), but loaded with nice pictures and facts about every major airplane type. A good buy.

This book is perfect for the frequent traveler with time on his or her hands at the airport! It is designed to make it relatively quick and painless to find the aircraft you're seeing BEFORE it rolls out of sight -- and I've found that this design works for me.

What's more, the book is the perfect size to fit into the upper pocket on a Travelpro Rollaboard® suitcase -- so it's always easy for me to get to, when that unknown aircraft rolls into view.

The book is very much like "A Field Guide to the Airplanes", in the Roger Tory Peterson tradition -- a way to quickly identify common (and sometimes obscure) aircraft quickly and accurately.

If you're looking for detailed descriptions, or the real difference between a 737-300 and a 737-400, then you'll have to look elsewhere. But if you want to quickly know if that airplane out there is an Embraer 120 or a Fairchild Metro, this is the book for you.

I can't wait for the third edition to appear (hint, hint)!

This book starts with a taxonomic chart (match what you see and go to that page) and branches off until you find the right plane group/subgroup. After that you have to flip through the pictures/descriptions in the subgroups to find the right plane. If you're sitting at an airport and have a good view with plenty of time to watch individual planes, this book is tops. However, if you're working at a distance with field glasses it won't really help. I agree that the specs are limited if you're a hard-core spotter. I too am still looking for a book with proportional drawings. However, I think this is the best book I've seen so far. IMHO, when compared with _Civil_Airliner_Recognition_, this book has more practical comparison/distinguishing notes, better photos, and better views for distinguishing characteristic identification.